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The 2024 college football season is in the books. It doesn’t seem right that it took until January 20th to finish the season, but ESPN has decided that college football should be a five month season now. Ohio State got a resounding 34-23 win over Notre Dame last night. They were the preseason favorites but stumbled twice during the regular season. But nothing to worry about. In today’s college football landscape, you can take a few weeks off and still play for a national championship. Right or wrong, that’s the game today.

The Stage is Set

We’ve arrived at the pinnacle of the college football season, and tonight marks a historic moment: the first-ever 12-team playoff national championship game. The matchup? A clash of titans between Ohio State, the most successful program in college football history, and Notre Dame, a program that evokes both widespread adoration and animosity in equal measure.

The journey to this game highlights how the expanded playoff has already reshaped the sport. In previous years, Ohio State’s regular-season stumbles more than likely would have left them on the outside looking in, with head coach Ryan Day’s seat scorching hot. But under the new format, the Buckeyes got a lifeline, and they’ve capitalized on it in spectacular fashion, playing their best football when it mattered most.

We’re down to a single game left in the 2024 college football season. The National Championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame. All the other divisions are complete. Congrats to North Dakota State on winning the FCS National Championship. Congrats to Ferris State on winning the DII National Championship. And congrats to North Central (IL) on winning the DIII National Championship.

You can find my FBS rankings in the link below. Meanwhile, here are my final top 20 rankings for FCS, DII and DIII.

The conference championship games are over. Clemson edges SMU to win the ACC. This knocks Alabama out of the playoff as Clemson gets the automatic bid and SMU still remains. Georgia beats Texas for the second time in the season to claim the SEC Championship. Both teams will go into the playoffs. Arizona State continues their surprising season by winning the Big 12 Championship in their first year in the conference. And Oregon takes down Penn State to finish the regular season 13-0 and claim their first Big 10 championship.

The FBS regular season is a wrap. FCS, D2 and D3 have started their playoffs. Oregon finishes the season as the only undefeated FBS school.

The ACC started the final weekend with a chance to put 3 teams in the playoff. Instead, they went 1-3 against the SEC. They’ll probably wind up with only a single team now.

Who would have thought Ohio State wouldn’t be playing for a Big 10 championship? Ryan Day keeps his job for now because of the playoff. Before the new playoff, he’d probably already be fired.

And then there was one. Oregon is the last of the undefeated. Army falls to Notre Dame and Indiana can’t hang with Ohio State. A big shakeup in my rankings this week. The cannibalism of the SEC is in full force. My Hokies drop another one score game under Brent Pry. He’s 1-12 now in one score games.

FBS Top 16:

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Penn State
4. Texas
5. Indiana
6. Notre Dame
7. Georgia
8. SMU
9. Miami
10. Alabama
11. Ole Miss
12. Tennessee
13. South Carolina
14. BYU
15. Iowa State
16. Clemson

FCS Top 10:

1. Montana State
2. North Dakota State
3. South Dakota State
4. South Dakota
5. UC Davis
6. Idaho
7. Mercer
8. Rhode Island
9. UIW
10. Richmond
11. Villanova

D2 Top 10:

1. Harding
2. Kutztown
3. Ferris State
4. Valdosta State
5. Grand Valley State
6. Central Oklahoma
7. Ouachita Baptist
8. Pittsburg State
9. California (PA)
10. Fort Hays State

D3 Top 10:

1. Grove City
2. Carnegie Mellon
3. Washington & Jefferson
4. Westminster (PA)
5. CWRU
6. Salisbury
7. Cortland
8. Hardin-Simmons
9. North Central (IL)
10. Johns Hopkins

FBS Rankings
FCS Rankings
D2 Rankings
D3 Rankings

Another undefeated team falls. Kansas takes down BYU. Oregon, Indiana and Army remain undefeated. Indiana faces Ohio State this week and Army takes on Notre Dame.

Here’s my top 12:

1. Oregon
2. Ohio State
3. Indiana
4. Penn State
5. Texas
6. Alabama
7. Georgia
8. Notre Dame
9. Ole Miss
10. SMU
11. South Carolina
12. Tennessee

The four highest ranked conference champions would be Oregon, Texas, SMU, and BYU if the season ended today. Boise State is currently the highest ranked group of 5 school.